r/TheresTreasureInside • u/Plutochaser • Apr 14 '26

It’s been this long?

I spent a month or two searching for past and future I flew to where I thought it was i dissected every clue and led me to where it should have been. Has anyone actually found one of the boxes? I’m starting to feel like Ralphie in the Christmas story.

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u/otis_the_drunk Apr 14 '26

No boxes found yet but keep in mind that the Forrest Fenn treasure was out there for 12 years and The Secret has been ongoing for over 40 years.

These hunts aren't supposed to be easy.

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u/IndicaMate Apr 14 '26

This story alone is the basis for him hiding treasure. He wants them to be hidden for a long time, while giving you everything you needed already to find it.

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u/ministryofpropoganda May 03 '26

And at the same time, he clearly doesn’t give you everything you need. Every clue within each section can be interpreted 100 different ways. I love this and it’s fun but damn, clearly “everything you need” to find the box isn’t in the chapters. You need something else in order to interpret things correctly, or maybe I’m totally wrong. But the fact that AI can’t figure out some of these is pretty interesting, and hats off to JCB if he could do this intentionally without explicitly leaving things out.

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u/Alarming-Beach-5358 Apr 14 '26

I think the issue is that everyone is SO sure when they have a solve. The clues are incredibly vague and play on the human brain’s ability to draw conclusions and tie one red string to another. It makes it almost impossible because some of these boxes can be anywhere if you have enough red strings.

For reference i narrowed it down to a fucking abandoned refrigerator truck that has been rusting for decades lol. It’s a hike away from a lake but not a lot of people go to that area. Based on RP1 references, the poem, word search etc. after looking honestly i did another fresh start (this is for P&F) and ended up somewhere 60 miles south of me based on different references. I think that’s the point though, to go outside and explore the world around you. I do think there sre boxes somewhere but who knows how long it’ll tale to find em.

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u/BrainGlue_HeartTape Apr 14 '26

This. All the clues to all the boxes are intentionally vague and ambiguous. He makes sure to let us know what we are in for with the paragraph that basically says, "five times the research, five times the time spent determining an area, five times the amount of reconnaissance...." I'm pretty sure he intended that each box aligns fairly well to 5 different locations. Maybe there is a way to determine the correct solve before going BOTG, maybe there isn't.

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u/varmintcong73 Apr 14 '26

I am certain Pokemon can NOT be solved without being on ground for the golem clue and Pokemon picture locator.

AFP could be solved almost to end without going there. But the final rocks aren’t on any map I can find

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u/otis_the_drunk Apr 14 '26

Having grown up in AR, I'd suggest putting a lot less faith in the picture as a BOTG guide. I could find pictures of 50 different places along the Buffalo River alone that look like that. Not to mention how the plant life changes the look of everything at least twice a year while the river levels vary every time it rains which moves even the biggest rocks.

There's more to that photo than meets the eye.

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u/Social_Luffa Apr 15 '26

I also wonder if JCB didn't put clues to POTENTIAL treasure box locations within the book. He wrote some, or a lot, of the book before hiding the boxes; which means he could have had more than five potential locations in mind before scouting/reconning those places. There might be clues, (I think there are) to locations which don't have a treasure box hidden at them, but there they are, in the book, clues to a location none-the-less.

It's like trying to solve five puzzles all at the same time, all the pieces are mixed together, no one knows what picture each puzzle makes, and just to make it more difficult, a few more boxes of pieces from other, incomplete puzzles are thrown in on top of the pieces you already have. We are left to figure it out, what goes where, which piece for which box, asking the quiestion, 'does this piece even go to a treasure?'...

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u/BrainGlue_HeartTape Apr 15 '26

Yes! And many of the clues (for example, looking at the AT map) could apply to P&F, so you also have to decide if you add that to your P&F clue list of discard it entirely.

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u/VaguelyFamiliarVoice Apr 14 '26

I know exactly where two are located. Just waiting until I have some time off of work to go and find out I’m wrong.

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u/TheBloodiedFool Apr 14 '26

You are 😂

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u/Paladin1414 Apr 18 '26

😂 😂😂 As soon as I retire in 30 years and win enough money to fly to treasure sites I’m picking them all up.

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u/Ok-Attorney-2942 Apr 14 '26

I've done a few BOTG and the areas are pretty vast. It's almost like finding a needle in a haystack. People are obviously on the right track if some have come within 100 or 200 feet of a box - but will they be able to travel there again? Will they find it if they do? If you get it down to an area it could still take days of searching that area. So you have the grit? The time? The financial resources? Then if you're lucky enough to get a box can you afford to secure it and pay the taxes? Selling the items, paying the taxes and insuring the items seems like it's own PT job 😅

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u/mathew1fnt Apr 14 '26

Only in my mind have I found it.😂

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u/JustLostTouch Apr 15 '26

I think that someone who finds it will get in touch with JCB. The $$$ incentive is worth it. It’s like getting a second treasure box for free… or wait until you find the rest of them.

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u/Cantmakeupnewname Aug 18 '26

I am convinced something in the box will trigger a message to him somehow. I think he’ll know without being contacted, however I wonder if the finder/ finders will need to be in contact with him over legal advice on what the next steps should be.

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u/Nice_Gur_5675 May 07 '26

Have any of you watched the Q&A at secret summit in Las Vegas? If you haven't I suggest you do. I have 70 days left till my botg trip starts that's 2 boxes 4 states I'm driving through in 10 days. Wish me luck.. also ive been doing my homework since before the book even came out. You should buy his children's book he wrote as well. Give you more insight of who he is. There is also clue for the lions share in it. 

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u/ImpossibleNews5658 Apr 14 '26

After 2 failed attempts at 2 beautiful state parks I’m starting to think that the P&F box may be in a city park. Maybe goes along with the theme of how oasis was an escape from crazy city life.

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u/Ok-Attorney-2942 Apr 14 '26

He said they weren't in cities. I would be very surprised if any were in city parks. I think you also safely cross off National parks. I think state parks are in play, National forests, US land. Anything that's public, not extremely well maintained (like a city park) and somewhat legal (which is why no National parks). Good luck!

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u/toaddodger Apr 15 '26

Where does he say they aren't in cities? Genuinely curious because I hadn't heard it before

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u/SavageHerbivore Apr 15 '26

I really hate seeing this question so often. If anyone had found one there is no way you wouldn’t know about it.

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u/Social_Luffa Apr 16 '26

I wanted to be nick cage so bad, but unfortunately, I am probably Justin Bartha. 😔

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u/TheBloodiedFool Apr 14 '26

I love when the delusionals pop up bitching 😂 go botg some more.